The massive Equifax data breach and You

By Robert A. Vella If you are reading this editorial, consider yourself in exclusive company.  For most people, concern over Continue reading →

Masked anarchists violently rout right-wing demonstrators in Berkeley

An army of anarchists in black clothing and masks routed a small group of right-wing demonstrators who had gathered in Continue reading →

Trump’s Maginot Line

By Robert A. Vella With the rise of nationalism, fascism, and re-militarization in Germany following World War I, France greatly Continue reading →

They came Armed, Wearing Boots, Flying Flags, and Holding Bibles

By Robert A. Vella What do you get when you combine paleoconservatism, Neo-Confederate secessionists, Neo-Nazi fascists, the KKK, with the Continue reading →

Many Politicians Lie. But Trump Has Elevated the Art of Fabrication.

Fabrications have long been a part of American politics. Politicians lie to puff themselves up, to burnish their résumés and Continue reading →

The Significance of the 3 Greatest Questions of Our Times

By Robert A. Vella Last week, the hosts of a local sports talk radio show (which is quite entertaining, provocative, Continue reading →

America in Decline: New poll shows growing Anti-Intellectualism and the devaluing of Education

By Robert A. Vella In director Mike Judge’s prescient and highly underappreciated 2006 satirical film Idiocracy, society five centuries from Continue reading →

Where lays the fault of America’s failing democracy?

By Robert A. Vella In a recent post on this blog detailing how sex has become a new part of Continue reading →